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- Tatjana Smith switches international allegiance from South Africa to the Netherlands
- Tatjana Smith switches international allegiance from South Africa to the Netherlands
- Oyedele Proposes West African Capital Market Reforms To Boost Cross-Border Investment
- Strategy or Expedience? Trump’s Eritrea Gamble in the Horn of Africa
- WHO Flags Dangerous Blind Spots in Africa's Health Data
- INTERVIEW: COP31 must prioritise affordable energy, finance to drive Africa’s development, says Amos Wemanya
- Africa’s resources need better leadership
- Crop Cura enters Rwanda, targeting 5M farmers across Africa
- Lord Nicholas Stern to headline Africa’s Green Economy Summit as continent looks towards 32nd Conference of the Parties (COP32)
- Kenya unveils sovereign security centre
- South Africa's maize output forecast to decline 19% in 2026/2 ...
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Nigeria: Nearly 64,000 Nigerians Flee to Niger Over Insecurity - UNHCR
[Vanguard] Nearly 64,000 Nigerians have fled their homes and crossed into neighbouring Niger Republic since the beginning of 2026 to escape escalating violence involving Islamist militants and armed criminal gangs, the United Nations High C...
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Nigeria: Nearly 64,000 Nigerians Have Fled to Niger Republic Amid Insecurity - UNHCR
[Leadership] Nearly 64,000 Nigerians have fled to neighbouring Niger Republic since the beginning of 2026 to escape attacks by Islamist militants and armed gangs, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
- Africa risks becoming theatre of global power rivalry without stronger unity, institutions — Amandla
- Nigeria’s Rex Africa launches AI-native bank with conversational financial agent -
- South Africa ranks 5th worldwide for making friends
- Afcon 2027 qualifiers: Mohammed Kudus returns for troubled Ghana as heavyweights face crisis
- South Africa's unemployment rate six times worse than India's despite having 22 times fewer people
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Gold miners expelled by Guinea start leaving assembly site in Mali
On November 7, Bamako announced that it had taken in around 160,000 people expelled from Guinea since the start of operations against illegal mining
- Aspen Pharmacare gets nod for generic semaglutide in Brazil, South Africa
- Milken Institute Unveils Details for Its Middle East and Africa Summit During Abu Dhabi Finance Week
- Fossil fuel expansion threatens Africa’s climate action, public welfare — CAPPA
- Cameroon regulator flags network breaches
- CAF African Schools Football Championship | COSAFA Qualifier – Year-By-Year History
- Prey Size Among Southern African Stone Age Hunters Declined Substantially Over Time
- Artificial intelligence is desperately seeking its narrative
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US warns Madagascar over growing military ties with Russia
US general warns the Sahel model-like security deal with Russia could lead to greater instability in Africa.
- US warns Madagascar over growing military ties with Russia
- US warns Madagascar over growing military ties with Russia
- South Africa revokes exploration rights and Lebanon abolishes death penalty | D+C - Development + Cooperation
- England and South Africa confirm 2035 Rugby World Cup hosting decisions
- Dangote Refinery get orders for more than R70bn shares before biggest African listing yet
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Nigeria: We'll Defeat Nigeria's Enemies, Tinubu Declares in Jigawa
[Vanguard] ABUJA - President Bola Tinubu has vowed to defeat those he described as enemies of Nigeria's unity and stability, telling supporters at his ruling All Progressives Congress APC presidential campaign rally in Dutse, the Jigawa Sta...
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Nigeria: SERAP Demands Ojukwu's Release, End to Prosecution of Journalists
[Vanguard] The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to secure the immediate release of Daniel Ojukwu, a journalist with...
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«GEX 2026»: manœuvres militaires conjointes entre la Côte d'Ivoire, le Gabon et la France
La Côte d’Ivoire, le Gabon et la France participent à un exercice militaire conjoint. Baptisé « GEX 2026 » (Grand exercice multinational interarmées 2026), il rassemble plus d’un millier de militaires, en Côte d’Ivoire d’abord et toute cett...
- South Sudan’s elections next month risk unraveling a fragile peace, envoys warn
- Ghana Proposes Four-Point Action Plan to Strengthen Global Telecom Network Resilience
- Africa's largest gold producer makes first-ever carbonate reservoir discovery as it plans a 300,000-barrel refinery to expand its role in West Africa's fuel market
- Aspen Pharmacare gets nod for generic semaglutide in Brazil, South Africa
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From Jersey to Somalia... via Liverpool & Man City
BBC Sport charts Jarma Mohamed's surprising football journey from Premier League academies to the Somalia national team, via an app and Jersey Bulls.